<br />The application materials indicate that Oregon Department of Aviation confirms that no lighting <br />of the tower is required by FAA regulations and that no external lighting is proposed. <br /> <br />(i)Color. The transmission tower and attached antennas shall be <br />unpainted galvanized steel or painted neutral colors or such shades as <br />are appropriate and compatible with the surrounding environment, as <br />approved by the city. <br />The applicant has proposed a mono-pine antenna structure as an attempt to blend in with <br />other trees and vegetation in the vicinity. The color and other design details of the mono-pine <br />are conditioned at EC 9.8440(1) to ensure compatibility with the surrounding environment; <br />those findings and conditions are incorporated by reference. <br /> <br />(j) Viewshed. The transmission tower shall be located down slope from <br />the top of a ridgeline so that when viewed from any point along the <br />northern right-of-way line of 18th Avenue, the tower does not interrupt <br />the profileof the ridgeline or Spencer Butte. In addition, a transmission <br />tower shall not interrupt the profile of Spencer Butte when viewed <br />from any location in Amazon Park. Visual impacts to prominent views <br />of Skinner Butte, Judkins Point, and Gillespie Butte shall be minimized <br />to the greatest extent possible. Approval for location of a transmission <br />tower in a prominent view of these Buttes shall be given only if location <br />of the transmission tower on an alternative site is not possible as <br />documented by application materials submitted by the applicant, and <br />the transmission tower is limited in height to the minimum height <br />necessary to provide the approximate coverage the tower is intended <br />to provide. <br /> <br />The mono-pine antennais proposed to be 75 feet tall. Based on the available evidence, the <br />proposed tower will not interrupt the profile of the South Hills ridgeline or Spencer Butte. The <br />tower location is not in a prominent view of Spencer Butte as the location is down slopeand <br />will be designed to blend in as a pine tree. Prominent views of Skinner’s Butte, Judkins Point <br />and Gillespie Butte will not be affected. <br />(k) Display.No signs, striping, graphics or other attention getting devices <br />are permitted on the transmission tower or ancillary facilities except for <br />warning and safety signage with a surface area of no more than 3 <br />square feet. Such signage shall be affixed to a fence or ancillary facility <br />and the number of signs is limited to no more than 2. <br /> <br />The applicant’s written statement notes that there will be no signs, striping or graphics <br />associated with the facility. In the event of an approval, conditions of approval would be <br />needed to ensure compliance upon construction. <br /> <br />HO Agenda - Page 33 <br />